No modeling… but a lot of photoshoping. This WE i tried giving the kind of treatment i used on my Shahak#59 book images on some of my many MiG-21 renders. But with a kind of more old pictures look. Hope it makes the trick… Also … Read More >
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Smokin’ Tiger
Finished Finn and his plane some time ago, and spend time doing bunch of renders. very pleasant and relaxing just to do renders ones the model is finished… after UVs , texturing, rigging… ect … Blahhh… I’ve spend too much time on this. Btw , … Read More >

Still texturing…
…Finn. Done the helmet , flying goggles, shirt, arms and hands… The above image is at iPad wallpaper size, 1024×1024, grab it here : Finn89-1024×1024.jpg Time for some few renders : Still have to finish his legs, shorts, boots… then i’ll do his plane colours.

Fuselage Bump done… (And wing update).
Finished this Weekend. Did the greyscale bump map in Photoshop, then converted it to a normal map with Gimp… Cause the Nvidia normal map Photoshop plugin doesn’t work on MacOS … Anyway works very well with Gimp. Go figure why Photoshop doesn’t have a normal … Read More >

3 weeks without computer…
That was a long time it didn’t happen to me … Just to say these are not my holidays pictures. Came back last week, finished the UV set up for three 4096×4096 pixels maps, and just started the fuselage map… Here some images.

Modeling Finished
This project was on sleep since i started the Spook in Blender. Anyway, must finish that cartoonish P-40 and pilot one day. So here is Finn’s plane modeling and rigging finished. He seems quiet happy with the work. Me too… Kind of like better the … Read More >

New adversary…
For my Mirage. MiG-21FL or early PFM (Type 77) Nmr 5081 of Egyptian Air Force in the 70′s, for future fighting renders. Finally took the time to make a new livery, and a some colour and spec textures that looks good for MentalRay render…

Shahak #59 renders…
So, a new livery for that Mirage model of mine. Jet fighters enthusiasts will recognize a very famous one. As usual done a bunch of renders… not very spectacular, no fights.. just like photo sessions during some flights. Here is one : And decided to … Read More >
2011 First image
Happy New Year ! Well i’ve not been very active these last weeks… but anyway here my first 2011 image. Still working on that Spook model, very slowly, nothing much to show…Seeya later, and all the best 2011.